How can we listen better?
Church Action on Poverty in Sheffield share a report on their service for Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2017 – with a powerful sermon by the Director of the Urban Theological Union.
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No match for proper conversation
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ox-pops can’t ensure the voices of people in poverty are really heard, says our new Poverty Media Coordinator Gavin Aitchison.
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‘Poverty may be complex, but it is not inevitable’ (part 2)
Nick Waterfield, chair of the local Church Action on Poverty group in Sheffield, offers further thoughts on the ‘complex’ reasons why people use food banks.
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Poverty may be complex, but it isn’t inevitable
In this guest post, food poverty researcher Jane Perry responds to Theresa May’s comments about the reasons for food bank use.
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Hope where Christ is found
David Primrose, Director of Transforming Communities in the Diocese of Lichfield and a trustee of Church Action on Poverty, reviews the first two volumes of an exciting new series edited by Paul Cloke and Mike Pears: Mission in Marginal Places.
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From hopeless to hopeful
Sarah Whitehead became a community activist and leader after taking part in one of our Schools of Participation. Sarah recently took part in a digital communications conference organised by Sound Delivery, and wrote this blog for them about her experience of empowerment.
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Visible discipleship
People in the Church of England have been exploring how the vision of social justice and a ‘church of the poor’ relates to the Church’s mission. In this guest blog, David Primrose (Church Action on Poverty trustee and Director of Transforming Communities in the Diocese of Lichfield) explains.
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Government told that it’s really, really time to rethink benefit sanctions
Communications Manager Liam Purcell reports on powerful new support for our call on the Government to rethink benefit sanctions.
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Poverty isn’t caused by bad decisions
Living on a low income makes it difficult for people to plan for the long term or make the best decisions. That’s the (unsurprising) finding of some new research. Our Communications Manager Liam Purcell considers the implications for tackling poverty – and stigma.
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Richest spend more on restaurants than poorest do on housing and energy bills
The richest 10% of households spend more on eating out (£58.40) than the poorest 10% of households spend on housing, fuel and power combined (£44.50). That’s one of the findings of new research published today by the Equality Trust.
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